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thematically includes the issues of poverty, depression and squalor in the lives of
poor people in the city.
Perhaps more terrible than poverty is the problem of depression and distress with
which the poor people in the pace live their lives. The damp souls of housemaids,
the twisted face of a passerby, the tears in the eyes of a girl who is also wearing a
muddy skirt, and the aimless smile of a person who tries and fails to smile are all
indicators of sadness and frustration as well as poverty. Poor people can
sometimes be happy, as in tribal villages. But here the problem of unhappiness
seems to be even more terrible.
Also the purpose of the poem is that the author want to show us how many
people live and how they feel.